How much power is Satan given to try and afflict man? In October 1962 General Conference, Elder Eldred G. Smith taught: “Going back to the story [of Job] now to get the principle I was looking for, we note that Satan had power to do only what God had permitted him to do. Satan did not win that war in heaven. He was cast out of heaven to do what the Lord wanted him to do, to test and try and torment man. Satan, then, has power on this earth only as the Lord permits and as we yield to his temptations.
Tactic Quotation Verse Misappropriation 'built up, and not unto the Lord' 3 Exclusivism 'I am the Lord's' 3 Disputation 'contend one with another' 4 Sophism 'teach with their learning' 4 Cynicism 'deny the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance' 4 Secularism 'deny the power of God' 5 Historicism 'the Redeemer hath done his work' 5 Empowerment 'he hath given his power unto men' 5 Skepticism 'believe it not' 6 Naturalism 'he is not a God of miracles' 6 Hedonism 'eat, drink, and be merry' 7 Fatalism 'tomorrow we die' 7 Cavalierism 'it shall be well with us' 7 Popularism 'many . . . shall say' 8 Appearances 'nevertheless, fear God' 8 Rationalizing 'justify in committing a little sin' 8 Criticism 'take the advantage of one because of his words' 8 Entrapment 'dig a pit for thy neighbor' 8 Legalism 'no harm in this' 8 Permissivism 'do all these things' 8 Leniency 'God will beat us with a few stripes' 8 Chart 79 The Ways of the Devil 2 Nephi 28:3-30 Charting the Book of Mormon, 1999 Welch, Welch, FARMS Chart 79 Faddism 'many . . . shall teach after this manner' 9 Sensationalism 'false' 9 Egotism 'vain' 9 Imprudence 'foolish' 9 Arrogance 'puffed up in their hearts' 9 Self-Deception 'hide their counsels from the Lord' 9 Persecutionism 'blood of the saints shall cry' 10 Corruptionism 'they have become corrupted' 11 Oppressionism 'rob the poor' 13 Ostentationism 'because of their fine sanctuaries' 13 Narcissism 'their fine clothing' 13 Supremism 'persecute the meek and the poor in heart' 13 Elitism 'stiff necks and high heads' 13 Immorality 'abominations and whoredoms' 14 Distortionism 'pervert the right way of the Lord' 15 Trivialism 'turn aside the just for a thing of naught' 16 Meanness 'revile against that which is good' 16 Dismissivism 'say that it is of no worth' 16 Tantrumism 'rage in the hearts of the children' 20 Emotionalism 'anger against that which is good' 20 Mollifying Pacifism 'others will he pacify' 21 Materialism 'into carnal security' 21 Toadyism 'others he flattereth' 22 Relativism 'there is no hell' 22 Complacency 'wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion' 24 Secularism 'we need no more of the word of God' 29 Faithless Humanism 'putteth his trust in man' 30